Dragnet: The Big Man Part 1 Narcotics
Dragnet · January 12, 1950 · 29 min · 4,997 words
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For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
was Thursday January 21st was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of Narcotics Bureau. My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectors. My name is Friday. I was on the way back into work and it was 3.49 PM when I got to the main lobby of the City Hall.
Public phone booth. Oh, my honest, Joe. I couldn't help but my other change, the schedule.
I got my stuff all right. Thanks for packing it. Yeah, I got them. I got them all right. Listen, my, I caught you whenever I get the chance. Now don't worry. Now long you couldn't be gone.
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